Dividers.



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. W. A. BERNARD.

DIV-IDERS.

APPLICATION TILED 8111 125, 1905.

fi M K /WKW UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

WILLIAM A. BERNARD, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILLIAM SCHOLLHORN COMPANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A

. CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

DIVIDERS- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAMA. BERNARD, of the city and county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Dividers, of which the'following is a full, clear, and exact description whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof, and in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a divider embodying the invention; Fig. 2, a similar view, one of the legs of the divider being shown broken away; and Fig. 3, a detail view of the spring.

In all figures similar letters'of reference represent like parts.

This invention relates to dividers, and has for its object the production of a divider simple in manufacture, easily. assembled, andeifident in operation.

To this end the invention consists of a novel form of spring for the nice adjustment of the dividers. The spring which bears against the wing of the divideris held in place by having one end inserted into the narrow tapered interior near the point of the leg of the divider.

For a better understanding of the invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which the parts designated by the letters A and B represent the divider-legs, which are pivoted'together by the fulcrum- -pin C.. The legs are formed U-shaped, and

at the free ends the sides are turned inward to meet on a longitudinal line and the legs pointed in well-known manner. As the leg is tapered toward the point, thehollow interior becomes narrower toward the point.

D designates the wing of the divider, which may be provided with a longitudinal slot E and at one end With a-screw F, projecting through an opening G in the back of the leg A. A nut H is shown on the screw F, and a thumb-screw K is adapted to engage the other divider-leg B and clamp the wing thereto by projecting through the slot E of the wing D.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 26, 1905. Serial No.1280,002.

Lde'signates a spring which may be formed,

as more particularly shown in Fig, 8, of a wire or rod, the lower end of which projects downward toward the point of the leg A and is held in place by being forced into the narrow hollow tapering interior M of the leg formed by the turning in of the sides, as more particularly shown in Fig. 2. The upper end of the springL is adapted to bear against a shoulder N on the wing D.

In operation when the pointed ends of the divider-leg are adjusted substantially to their proper position the screw K is screwed home to clamp the wing D on the leg B. The leg A may then be more accurately adjusted by screwing the nut H on the screw F against place avoided.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In dividers, or similar articles, the combination with a leg formed with a hollow interior narrowing toward the point of the-leg; of a wing; a spring having one end projecting'toward and tightly held within the hollow interior near the pointof the leg, and the other end bearing against the wing, substantially as described.

In witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my 7 hand on the 14th day of September, 1905.

WILLIAM A. BERNARD.

Witnesses:

M. OLIVE WILLIAMS, SAMUEL H. FISHER.

Patented Dec. 5 1905. 

